Largest Single-Day Food Drive in Calgary

On September 20, 2014, the Calgary Food Bank is going to make an attempt to reclaim their 2006 Guinness World Record for most food collected in a 24-hour period.

The City-Wide Food Drive is the largest single-day food drive in Calgary and more than 7,000 family volunteers participate and help collect food throughout the morning and night. This drive is really important for the city as September and fall heads into a high-demand period due to back-to-school expenses.

Let’s come together again Calgary and pitch in to help reach this year’s goal of 560,000 pounds of food!

If you see the City-Wide Food Drive bag at your door, please fill it with NON-perishable food items and leave it on the doorstep for an 8am pick-up! Make sure your bag is visible to the volunteers as the Calgary Food Bank doesn’t door knock or solicit!

There is currently a very high need for the following items:

• Pop-top soup cans
• Non-condensed soup (no extra water needed)
• Canned meats and fish
• Small peanut butter packs
• Peanut butter-based foods
• Rice packets (Uncle Ben’s Bistro Express, etc.)
• Ichiban or noodle packs (Just-add-hot water types)
• Fruit cups or canned fruit

For more information on the City-Wide Food Drive, contact Keoma Duce at kduce@calgaryfoodbank.com or visit www.calgaryfoodbank.com.